PRELIMINARY RESULTS ARE PRESENTED OF WORK ON PREBIOLOGY, EXOBIOLOGY, THE POSSIBILITY OF LIFE ON OTHER PLANETS, COSMIC INFLUENCES ON ANIMAL AND PLANT LIFE ON EARTH, PLANETARY CHEMISTRY, EXOBIOLOGY, AND THE PROBLEM OF DEFINING LIFE ON OTHER THAN A CARBON BASIS. THE AUTHORS ARE MOSTLY SOVIET, WITH SEVERAL WESTERN AND EUROPEAN AUTHORITIES INCLUDED, AS WELL AS SOME AMERICAN EXPERTS.